mr.moderino

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[latent parrot]

No it's after

But in passé composé the conjugated verb is ai, not mangé

[devout bramble]

Really? I always forget ai is conjugated verb

On a très bien mangé is an example

[granite hawk]

The past participle is not a verb, technically, it's a glorified adjective so the rule of adverbs going after the verb still applies

since what is actually considered the verb is the auxiliary, either avoir or être

[devout bramble]

So like this sentence ''Je propose toujours d’apporter le dessert ou une bonne bouteille de vin.''

I propose always. Propose is the verb, and toujours (always) is the adverb that describes the verb so it goes after

Excuse me offer

[granite hawk]

In English, adverbs go before the verb but in French adverbs go after

[devout bramble]

I offer always to bring the desert oor a good bottle of wine

[granite hawk]

I often go to the market.
Je vais souvent au marché.

bold = adverb
underline = verb

It's just that French is more consistent as to what constitutes the verb

[devout bramble]

I go often to the market

Is it different in past participle

[granite hawk]

In English yes, in French no

[devout bramble]

I'm good on English

J'ai souvent marche. (Pretend theres an accent) Is it souvent (often) since we conjugate ai?

[granite hawk]

I have sometimes gone to the market
Je suis parfois allé au marché

(adverb change because « souvent (often) » would make it imparfait in this case)

[devout bramble]

Elle a bien mange. She has well eaten

[granite hawk]

Adverb after verb still applies

[granite hawk]

The auxiliary is the verb so yes

[devout bramble]

I think this is overloading my brain haha, I'm still 50/50 on the imperfaits

[devout bramble]

Yes that makes sense

Nous avons beaucoup travaillé (We have alot worked) past participle example I hope its fine

Since avons is conjugated the adverb goes after avons

Or for normal ones Je vais parfois au marché. (I go sometimes to the market) I just have to remember the adverb goes AFTER the verb. Bien, mal, vite, lentement, (how much) beaucoup, un peu, trop (when) souvent, parfois, toujours, jamais

[granite hawk]

It does

[granite hawk]

Do you know how to do negation with « ne … pas » ?

same rule since « pas » is an adverb

[devout bramble]

Thats actually really great to remember, I completely forgot

[granite hawk]

Je ne travaille pas => Je travaille beaucoup
Je n'ai pas travaillé => J'ai beaucoup travaillé

[devout bramble]

J'ai mangé> Je n'ai pas mangé. (I (Negative) have not eaten

I always forget that ai and the avoir and etre are actually conjugated verbs